[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Etymology and Vedic lexicon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta) › [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) › [Rijvartha (Niruktavritti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga) › 3.1 # Yāska's Nirukta 3.1 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.1) “indriyanityaṃ vacanamaudumbarāyaṇastatra catuṣṭaṃ nopapadyate”| āha--iha tāvaduktaṃ padacatuṣṭayam | bhāvavacanatā, dravyabacanatā, guṇabhāvaḥ, pūrvāparībhāvaḥ, sāmānyavācitvaṃ, viśeṣavācitvamiti nopapadyate | kasmāt ?| 'vacanānityatvāt' yato'nityaṃ vacanam || kathamanityaṃ vacanamiti ? || ucyate-indriyanityaṃ vacanamiti | indra ātmā, sa yena īryate liṅgyate anumīyate ca-'astyasāvātmā karttā, yasyedaṃ karaṇam, nākarttṛkaṃ karaṇamasti' iti, tadindriyam | tasminnityamindriyanityam || kiṃ punastat ? | vacanam | ucyate aneneti vacanaṃ vākyamityarthaḥ || katamat ? | yadetannāmākhyātopasarganipātātmakam || kaḥ punarevamāha-' indriyanityaṃ vacanam ' iti | ucyate-audumbarāyaṇaḥ ācāryo manyata iti vākyaśeṣaḥ | udumbarasyāpatyamaudumbiriḥ, tasyāpatyamaudumbarāyaṇaḥ | 17 || āha-tataḥ kimiti ? || ucyate-tatra tasmin vākye evamindriyanitye sati yadetat padacatuṣṭvamuktam, etannopapadyate|| kasmāt ? | śṛṇu-yāvadeva vakturvāgindriye śrotuśca śrotrendriye, vacanam, tāvadeva tadastīti śakyate vaktum, pracyutaṃ ca nāsti || api ca-vākyamapi | vākyaṃ samastamudbhūtaṃ tadindriye nāvatiṣṭhate yadavayavabhūtāni padānyavasthitāni parisaṃkhyātum | na ca vinaṣṭāvinaṣṭayoḥ padayoḥ saha parisaṃkhyānamasti || tasmādvacanānityatvāt padacatuṣṭvānupapattirityapapannam | - [Previous: 3.0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.0) - [Next: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.2) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.1) · Pramāṇa